Newsletter 576
[1]All of our Best of the Moment article recommendations, plus
FiveBooks interviews and other selected content from thebrower.com
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[5]Silent State
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5. http://b.rw/zc52iF
Peter Van Buren | TomDispatch | 9 February 2012
Obama administration has launched an "unprecedented assault on
government whistleblowers". Van Buren should know; he's one of them.
Still employed at State, though his career has been destroyed. At least
he's not a "hall walker" [6]Comments
Links:
6. http://thebrowser.com/articles/silent-state
[7]Why Stocks Beat Gold And Bonds
Links:
7. http://b.rw/wxjRwN
Warren Buffett | Fortune | 9 February 2012
The Oracle of Omaha lays out some clear investment advice. "Gold has
two significant shortcomings, being neither of much use nor
procreative. If you own one ounce of gold for an eternity, you will
still own one ounce at its end" [8]Comments
Links:
8. http://thebrowser.com/articles/why-stocks-beat-gold-and-bonds
[9]Much Ado About Nothing
Links:
9. http://b.rw/yUlXwR
SL Price | Vanity Fair | 10 February 2012
Barry Levinson's 1982 comedy Diner had no special effects or stars, was
about nothing much. But Price makes the bold claim that no movie from
that decade was more influential. Would Seinfeld have happened without
it? [10]Comments
Links:
10. http://thebrowser.com/articles/much-ado-about-nothing
[11]Unleashed
Links:
11. http://b.rw/wtmGUm
Katherine Laidlaw | Maisonneneuve | 9 February 2012
Crocodiles are abandoned at the Toronto waterfront. Pythons go rogue.
Zebras sell at auction for $6,000. All part of Canada's boom in exotic
pets. "Walk down the street with a tiger on a leash, and you’re going
to get attention" [12]Comments
Links:
12. http://thebrowser.com/articles/unleashed
[13]Room For Everyone At The Hague
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13. http://b.rw/zI26Sw
Eric Ellis | Global Mail | 8 February 2012
Fourteen years after its inception, and almost $1bn later, the
International Criminal Court has yet to complete a case. It's had more
judges than defendants. And some of those judges have had no formal
legal qualifications [14]Comments
Links:
14. http://thebrowser.com/articles/room-everyone-hague
[15]How Your Cat Is Making You Crazy
Links:
15. http://b.rw/zSZEEH
Kathleen McAuliffe | Atlantic | 8 February 2012
Jaroslav Flegr believes a parasite in his brain has manipulated his
personality for the past 20 years. He says the microbe in question is
T. gondii, which comes from cats and causes toxoplasmosis. Sounds
bonkers, but he may be right [16]Comments
Links:
16. http://thebrowser.com/articles/how-your-cat-making-you-crazy
FiveBooks Interview
[17]Philip Plait on the Wonders of the Universe
Links:
17. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/philip-plait-on-wonders-universe
The astronomer and author of the acclaimed Bad Astronomy blog gives us
a superbly informative beginner’s guide to the galaxy, taking in the
birthdate of the universe, solar flares and much, much more [18]Read on
Links:
18. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/philip-plait-on-wonders-universe
Featured Special Report
[19]Syria Revolts
Links:
19. http://thebrowser.com/reports/syria-revolts
Months of anti-government protests; a brutal response by the
authorities. But what's really going on in Syria? It's all here
[20]Read on
Links:
20. http://thebrowser.com/reports/syria-revolts
Reader Recommendations
@polit2k Europe’s Tobin Tax Distraction - Barry Eichengreen - Project
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23. http://thebrowser.com/browsings
Book of the Day
[24]Book of the Day
Links:
24. http://thebrowser.com/recommended/testament-youth-by-vera-brittain
[25]Testament of Youth by Vera Brittain
Links:
25. http://thebrowser.com/recommended/testament-youth-by-vera-brittain
[26]Wade Davis says: “This is simply one of the finest, most
heart-rending and most moving memoirs – not just of the Great War, but
of any conflict” [27]FiveBooks Archive
Links:
26. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/wade-davis-on-legacies-world-war-one
27. http://thebrowser.com/fivebooks/archive
Video of the Day
[28]A Day Made Of Glass 2
Links:
28. http://thebrowser.com/videos/day-made-glass-2
The future of touch screens, as imagined by glass manufacturer Corning.
Will blow your mind
[29]More videos
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29. http://thebrowser.com/videos
Quote of the Day
[30]Kenan Malik, on belief
Links:
30. http://kenanmalik.wordpress.com/2012/02/06/who-needs-god
"No one comes to believe in God because they have been convinced by
the arguments for God’s existence"
[31]More quotes
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31. http://thebrowser.com/quotations
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